Project Manager, Legal Services

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $315 billion of real estate in 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $78 billion of assets under management, including over $36 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Legal Services team is responsible for mitigating Greystar's risk through strategic oversight of litigation and contracting, addressing legal trends and updating practices, policies, and/or procedures, communications, program and project management. The projects and programs are large, cross-functional and cross-regional in nature and impact USPM team members on-site and in support services roles.

This position is responsible for working closely with the head of Legal Services to develop, implement, and manage the execution of various specialized projects that support the achievement of multi-faceted organizational objectives. Additional responsibilities may include planning and oversight of budgets, participation in plan development, direct or indirect reporting relationships depending on the project and functional area for which the incumbents reside, and various administrative tasks. Incumbents in this role will partner with colleagues and management internal or external to the department to complete projects that streamline, enhance and/or integrate processes, procedures and actions that result in effective, efficient and/or compliant strategies and tactics.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Plan, execute, and finalize projects according to defined timelines and within the allocated budget. The Project Manager is responsible for consulting and coordinating with Company’s stakeholders. 
• Review and make recommendations on department or cross-departmental planning and design, may contribute in contract negotiations, providing project schedules and budget. 
• Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines. 
• Utilize project management best practices, including risk management, quality management, change management, change control and communication. 
• Provide direct or indirect supervision, coordination, and management of all aspects of project work; act as a liaison between different departments, groups and/or 3rd party contacts.  
• May facilitate or directly conduct status report meetings with management team to facilitate communication of schedules and project coordination.  
• Manage the priorities, schedules, and timelines to help project teams stay on task. Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members/project team. 
• Manage by providing leadership, collaboration, supervision, training, guidance and support to all project team members on assigned projects. 
• Ensure any quality control measures or processes specific to the function are developed, implemented and/or conducted to ensure expectations are met. 
• May create materials, outlines, schedules, procedures and other collateral materials required to effectively manage and execute on projects; may be involved with training or knowledge transfer activities to familiarize and prepare relevant parties for fulfilling any role they may have or impact of the project on them.  
• Partner with other areas and functional groups that may require an understanding of each project.  
• Act as the central point of contact and support for project initiatives engaging other groups as necessary for any additional administrative, functional or programmatic assistance and partnership and managing all phases of communications related to the project. Adjusts schedules and targets on the project as needs, financing, or scope for the project change. Takes a solution-oriented approach during th